Cabinet for sewing-machines, type-writers, &amp;c.



I. I. GEDEON. CABINET FOR SEWING MACHINES, TYPE WRITERS, IIIe.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I3. 1914.

Patented July 25, i916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH J`. GEDEON, 0F LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEODOR KUNDTZ, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

CABINET FOR SEWING-MACHINES, TYPE-WRITERS, &C.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Appli-cation led October 13, 1914. Serial No. 866,510.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. Gannon, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Sewing-Machines, Type-Writers, &c.; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved cabinet for sewing machines, typewriters, etc., in which cabinet the stationary portion comprises a horizontally arranged table-top having an opening extending verticallyv therethrough to permit the movement of a suitably supported sewing-machine head, typewriter or other machine through said opening into position below or above said top, and provided with a leaf hinged to said top and arranged to swing in a vertlcal plane, which leaf lies on said top and there extends over the hereinbefore mentioned opening, or is arranged horizontally at one end of and in line endwise with said top, according as the leaf has been swung into its extreme position in the one or the other direction.

This invention pertains more especially to a cabinet in which the hereinbefore mentioned stationary portion is provided adjacent but a suitable distance below the aforesaid top at one end of said top with a part forming a compartment and a cover is provided for said compartment.

One object of this invention is to have said cover formed by a swinging leaf which is arranged to swing in a verticaly plane and connected to and smaller than the aforesaid leaf of the table-top and arranged in line endwise with the last-mentioned or larger' and main leaf when the latter lies on said top and lowered, during the swinging of the main leaf into line endwise with said top, into a position in which said cover is interposed between the mainleaf and the hereinbefore mentioned compartment-forming part of the stationaryY portion of the cabinet.

Another object is to have the aforesaid leaf of the main and larger leaf serve as a cover for the hereinbefore mentioned compartment in either extreme position lof the last-mentioned leaf.

Another object is to have the smaller leaf lie on the aforesaid compartment-forming part and thereby supported from the stationary portion of the cabinet when the larger leaf lies on the table-top as well as to have the smaller leaf also lie on said compartment-forming part or stationary portion of the cabinet when the larger leaf is in line endwise with said top, and to have the relative arrangement of the parts such that, during the movement of the larger leaf into line endwise with said top, the smaller leaf is not only moved by the larger leaf but descends, and the larger leaf, when it is in line endwise with said top, lies on the smaller leaf and is consequently supported through the medium of the smaller leaf from the stationary portion of the cabinet.

Another object is to have the top surfaces of said leaves substantially in line horizontally when the larger leaf is in the position in which it lies on the hereinbefore mentioned table-top so as to form a desirable cutting or writing table, and to have the smaller leaf capable of being swung upwardly independently of the larger leaf to aord access to the hereinbefore mentioned compartment when the larger leaf is in said position.

Another object is to exclude dust, etc., from said compartment in the elevated position of the cover for said compartment when the larger leaf is in the position in which it lies on the hereinbefore mentioned tabletop.

With these objects in view, and to the end of attaining any other advantage hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations and relative arrangement of the parts hereinafter described in this specification, pointed out in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In said' drawings, Figure l is a top plan of a cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section corresponding with Fig. 2, except that in Fig. 3 the leaf of the table-top is shown as having been actuated outwardly and into line endwise with said top and the cover of the herein- Aso before mentioned compartment is in its` lower position, whereas in Fig. 2 said leaf of the table-top is shown as lying on said top and said cover is shown in:V its elevated 11o position. Figs. 2 and 3 are drawn on a larger scale than Fig. l.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates a laterally facing vertically arranged leg or supporting member o-f the stationary portion of a cabinet embodying my invention, which cabinet comprises a horizontally arranged ta-ble-top B extending over and resting on said supporting member and having an opening b extendingvertically through said top. As shown, the supporting member A is arranged under the left-hand endportion of the top B. C indicates a swinging leaf which has its axis arranged horizontally and transversely of the top B at the left-hand end and upper surface of said top and is arranged to swing Yin a vertical plane. Preferably the leaf C is hinged to said top at the left-hand end vand upper surface of the top B by hinges 5 having their axes arranged horizontally and longitudinally of the left-hand edge of said top at the upper surface of said topso that said leaf is in position at the one or the other side of its axis according as the leaf has been Aswung into its extreme position in the one or the other direction. Figs. l and 2 show said leaf as lying on the top B and extending over the opening b in said top. Fig. 3 shows said leaf as having been swung outwardly from the top B and into a position in which it is arranged at the lefthand end of and in line endwise with said top.

The stationary portion of the cabinet is provided at the left-hand or outer side of the supporting member A, adjacent the axis of the leaf C, but a suitable distance below the top B, with a part a projecting laterally of and outwardly from the outer side of said supporting member and having a compartment 6 extending to the upper extremity of said laterally projecting part of the stationary portion of the cabinet and covered by a leaf E which is hinged to the leaf C, adjacent the axis of the last-mentioned leaf, by suitably applied hinges 7 which have their axes arranged parallel with the axis of the leaf C. It will be observed therefore that the leaf E is arranged to swing in a vertical plane, and I would here remark that said leaf is smaller longitudinally of the cabinet than the leaf C and that the relative arrangement of the parts is such that the smaller leaf E is arranged horizontally and in line end- Y wise with the main or larger leaf C and has its top surface fiush or in line horizontally with the top surface of the larger or main f leaf C. when the latter is in the positionin which it lies on the top B, and that the smaller leaf E, when the larger leaf C has been swung into the position in which it is arranged at the left-hand of and in line endwise with the top B, as shown in Fig. y3. is

arranged horizontally under the larger leaf yC and interposed between the latter and the shown in Fig. 2 during the movement of the larger leaf C from the position shown in Fig. 3 into the position shown in Fig. 2.

The smaller leaf E Yis provided at its under side with an apron c embracing the compartment-formingv part a at the stationary portion of the cabinet upon the descent of said leaf into the position shown in Fig. 3 and extending at its ends in the lower position of said leaf rearwardly and forwardly of said compartment-forming part to the hinged or inner end of said leaf and abutting against the left-hand or outer side of the supporting member A of the stationary portion of the cabinet so as to brace said leaf from said member of the stationary portion of the cabinet, and the apron e serves asa guard arranged to prevent dust, etc., from passing into the compartment 6 at the upper end of said compartment in the elevated position of the leaf E, shown in Fig. 2, but said leaf, when it is in its last-mentioned position in which the leaves C and E are arranged in line horizontally as shown in Fig. 2, is free to be swung upwardly and inwardly toward the table-top independently of the larger leaf C to afford convenient access to said compartment.

Preferably the compartment-forming part a of the cabinet is provided at its upper end with a laterally and outwardly projecting member or portion 8, and the apron e is provided at its lower end with a laterally and inwardly projecting member or portion 9. It will be observed that when the larger leaf C lies on the table-top B the apron e rests at its inwardly projecting member 9 on the outwardly projecting member 8 of the compartment-forming partV a of the stationary portion of the cabinet so as to adequately support the smaller leaf E from the stationaryV portion of the cabinet inthe upper position of said leaf, as shown in Fig. 2; that the relative arrangement of the parts is such that during the movement of the larger leaf into line endwise with the tabletop B the apron e moves off the compartment forming part a of the cabinet and kdescends; that the smaller leaf lies on ysaid compartment-forming part of the .cabinet Vin the lower position of said leaf, as shownV smaller leaf the member or portion 9 of the apron e is arranged under and spaced downwardly from the member or portion 8 of the stationary part a of the cabinet, and that the larger leaf lies on the smaller leaf when the larger leaf is in line endwise with the table-top so that the larger leaf is adequately supported from the stationary portion of the cabinet when it is in position in line endwise with said top.

lVhat I claim is In a cabinet of the character indicated, a stationary portion comprising a table-top, a leaf hinged to said top and arranged to swing in a vertical plane, which leaf lies on said top, or is arranged in line endwise with said top, according as said leaf is in the one or the other of its extreme positions, and

another leaf which is smaller than and operatively connected to the first-mentioned and larger leaf and adapted to be lowered or elevated during swinging of the larger leaf in the one or the other direction, the stationary portion of the cabinet having a compart- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each,

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ment-forming part which extends under the smaller leaf in either eXtreme position of the larger leaf and is provided at its upper end with a laterally and outwardly projecting member and covered by the smallerleaf in either extreme position of the larger leaf, said smaller leaf having an apron which embraces said compartment-forming part in the lower position of said leaf and is pro vided at its lower end with a laterally and inwardly projecting member, and the relative arrangement of the parts being such that the said apron rests at its aforesaid inwardly projecting member on the aforesaid outwardly projecting member of the compartn'ient-forming part in the upper position of the smaller leaf.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH J. GEDEON. Witnesses B. C. BROWN, HERBERT C. VooD.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

